the fool simply cannot receive any kind of criticism, commenting on the moral character of a fool will probably spark a new volley of criticism and finger-pointing. One says simply what is false and harmful and then stops. One does not have to look far in Paul’s letters for the issue of foolish and wise speech to surface. Sinful humanity, suppressing God’s truth (Rom 1:18), has become foolish (1:22), full of deceit, maliciousness, gossip, and
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